Home county win at Barassie for

Irvine pro James McKinnon

Ayrshire man James McKinnon provided a home county winner of the Scottish PGA’s Wateraid 36-hole Order of Merit pro-am tournament at Kilmarnock Barassie Golf Club today.
McKinnon, pro at Irvine Golf, not all that many miles away from Barassie, shot 72 in Wednesday’s rain and a second-round of one-under-par 71 in the wind to win the £2,600 first prize with an aggregate of one-under 143.
McKinnon was 19th with total earnings of £11,112 on the Tartan Tour last year this should set him up for a return to the form which saw him help Scotland to win the PGAs of Europe international team title in Spain three years ago.
He birdied the first, bogeyed the fifth and then birdied the short sixth in his second round before stringing together 12 successive pars – no mean feat in the testing conditions – for his sub-par round.
Joint runners-up on 145 were Mark King (Kingsfield) and Ken Campbell (Machrihanish) who each earned £1,850. King scored 73 and 72 , bogeying the 10th and 17th when pars would have got him into a play-off. Campbell, was two over par after six holes, but birdies at the 10th and 12th helped him salvage a 73 after his first-round 72.
Former British amateur champion Gordon Sherry, playing over his home course, should be most encouraged that his second-round, two-under-par 70 was the best of the tournament and enabled him to finish sixth on 147, for which he received £800.
Overnight leader by one with a 71, Hamish Kemp (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) finished joint 10th on 149 after a second-round 78.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
143 James McKinnon (Irvine) 72 71 (£2,600).
145 Mark King (Kingsfield) 72 73, Ken Campbell (Machrihanish) 72 73 (£1,650 each).
146 Gareth Wright (West Linton) 72 74, Stewart Savage (Dalmuir) 72 74 (£1,070 each).
147 Gordon Sherry (Kilmarnock Barassie) 77 70 (£800).
148 Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) 75 73, Callum Nicoll (Prestwick) 75 73, David Orr (East Renfrewshire) 73 75 (£586.65 each).
149 Graham Fox (East Kilbride) 78 71, Jonathan Lomas (unatt) 75 74, David Patrick (Elie) 75 74, Ian Taylor (Drumpellier) 73 76, Mark Loftus (Cowglen) 72 77, Hamish Kemp (Bishopbriggs GR) 71 7 (£361.83 each).
150 Murray Urquhart (Spey Valley) 77 73, Steven Duncan Balbirnie Park) 75 75, Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle) 74 76 (£238.66 each).
151 Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) 75 76, Alan E Reid (West Lothian) 75 76 (£179 each).
153 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) 79 74, Stephen Gray (Hayston) 77 76, Athony Mackrell (East Kilbride) 75 78, Scott Herald (Mearns Castle) 75 78 (£138.75).
154 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 80 74, Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 78 76, Greig McSporran (Kinross) 77 77 (£116 each).
155 Lee Vannet (Carnoustie GL) 80 75, Gordon Law (Uphall) 80 75, Scott Catlin (Greenburn) 77 78, Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon) 77 78, Colin Gillies (Perry Golf) 77 78 (£62.40 each).
156 Craig Ronald (Carluke) 81 75, Gavin Cook (Prestonfield) 80 76, Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 78 78.
157 Lee Harper (Archerfield Links) 81 76, Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 76 81.
158 Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design) 85 73.
159 Kenneth Monaghan (Bothwell Castle) 79 80.
160 Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foudnation) 80 80, Jamie Stevenson (Braehead) 79 81.
161 Greg McBain (Royal Dornoch) 81 80.
163 Edward Thomson (Senit Associates) 86 77, Greg Paxton (Ralston) 85 78, Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) 81 82, Mark Barnard (Inchmarlo) 76 87.
164 Stuart Morrison (Tain) 78 86.
166 Garry Forrestern (St Andrews Golf School) 81 85.
168 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 84 84.
NR Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) 82 NR.